The Code of the Warrior, the Kinder, Gentler Military and Marksmanship: Changing a Culture

Abstract

Over the past few years there has been much talk and a fair amount of writing about an apparent clash of cultures within the Army. The cultures in question being the "warrior" culture and the "kinder, gentler" culture. So much has been made of the purported issue that General Shinseki commissioned the subject as one of the research projects at the Army War College. This strategy research paper examines this subject and makes the case that by putting an increased emphasis on marksmanship skill Army wide the issue will become moot. The point being that the enemy is just as dead no matter the gender nor temperament of the soldier who squeezed the trigger.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401746

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  • Philip D. Calahan

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  • United States Army War College

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  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Automatic Weapons
  • Combat Readiness
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  • Law
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  • Second World War
  • Small Arms
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  • United States
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  • Warfare

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